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Oceans slow down global warming but at the cost of “their health”. The oceans...

Chemistry, Sea, Society

Ocean Acidification – the evil twin of global warming

Author Maribel I. García-Ibáñez Date December 19, 2017

Maribel I. García-Ibáñez

What does proxy mean? For a native English speaker, it might be a...

Climate, Outreach, People, Society

Keeping a Norwegian scientific language alive – for scientists and the public

Author Ingjald Pilskog Date March 16, 2017

Ingjald Pilskog

Use Twitter to communicate your research! Use social media to explain your latest results!...

Climate, Outreach, People, Society

Twitter for learning in research

Author Mathew Stiller-Reeve Date February 8, 2017

Mathew Stiller-Reeve

When I get old, I want to be a skiing grandma. For that dream...

Climate, Earth, Society

Future skiing conditions in Norway: Will I be a skiing grandma?

Author Kristine Flacké Haualand Date December 21, 2016

Kristine Flacké Haualand

How can such landscapes not change the local climate.

Earth system models are best tools we have to study the climate and how...

Climate, Society

Politics: the forgotten climate driver

Author Ingjald Pilskog Date December 16, 2016

Ingjald Pilskog

Early last week, climate PhD students from the Nordic countries met in Upsete, deep in...

News

Debating social media in the Norwegian mountains.

Author Mathew Stiller-Reeve Date September 30, 2016

Mathew Stiller-Reeve

Weather and climate shape cultures and the lives of people everywhere. People have been...

Climate, Society, Systems

Climate detectives: What a Historical Climatologist does

Author Mathew Stiller-Reeve Date September 21, 2016

Mathew Stiller-Reeve

The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami in Southeast Asia killed more than 200,000 people. The...

Earth, Outreach, Sea, Society

Communicating tsunami risks is key to saving lives

Author Birgit Zipf Date May 3, 2016

Birgit Zipf

Meningitis is a deadly disease that causes massive damage to the human brain. Young...

Climate, Health, People, Society, Systems

How wind brings death to West Africa

Author Frank Brenner Date April 28, 2016

Frank Brenner

Everyone waited for radio broadcasting to crumble, but then something incredible happened....

News, Outreach

‘DIY’ Journalism for Scientists through Scientific Podcasting

Author Ashley Braunthal Date April 20, 2016

Ashley Braunthal

Clean fresh water is essential for human life, but less than 1% of all...

Earth, People, Society

Protecting the people’s water supply in Mexico City

Author Emilio Sanchez Date April 15, 2016

Emilio Sanchez

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing society today. To understand...

Climate, Outreach, Sea, Society

Do you want to become a climate researcher?

Author Johanna Englhardt Date April 8, 2016

Johanna Englhardt

Sometimes we hear people saying: “It’s the little things that matter most”. Indeed, only...

Air, Climate, Earth, People, Physics, Society

My weather app shows rain at a sunny day!?

Author Lucas Höppler Date March 18, 2016

Lucas Höppler

Is mowing the lawn destined to become a thing of the past? (Photography by...

Biology, Climate, Land, Society

Lazy lawn? Not in my back yard!

Author Richard Beason Date March 1, 2016

Richard Beason

Professor Mark Maslin is based in the Geography Department at University College London. He...

Outreach, People, Society

Unique London Training of Environmental Scientists

Author ClimateSnack Date February 26, 2016

ClimateSnack

Sometimes I read a scientific paper and struggle to pay attention. I have to...

Outreach, Society

On Reading

Author Matt Archer Date January 11, 2016

Matt Archer

In the second annual UEA Xmas SciSnack group post, we have chosen to explore...

Air, Biology, Climate, Culture, Life, People, Sea, Society

Disastrous Disaster Movies

Author ClimateSnack UEA Date December 17, 2015

ClimateSnack UEA

The SedWhat Podcast Episode 01: The Climate Messenger – Dr. Erlend Moster Knudsen...

Climate, Culture, Earth, Ice, News, Outreach, People, Sea, Society

The SedWhat Podcast – Episode 01: The Climate Messenger

Author Ashley Braunthal Date December 4, 2015

Ashley Braunthal

Do you know where your science story burns to engage your target audience? Did...

News

Event: Where the Science Story Burns

Author ClimateSnack Date October 22, 2015

ClimateSnack

The denial of climate science is wide spread. Most people have been confronted with...

Climate, People, Society

How to respond to climate science denial

Author Karin van der Wiel Date October 5, 2015

Karin van der Wiel